Merch By Amazon Rejected Designs | Over 40 rejections

About this video

Note: this video’s caption track is in Arabic, summarized in English. The creator discusses the Merch by Amazon rejections on his account over roughly the past two years. He says he has 42 rejections in total, while also saying he is at tier 14,000 and has sold 23,000 products, and argues the account is in good standing when rejections are compared with sales and uploads. His biggest recurring cause, he says, is alcohol: designs or keywords about beer, wine or other alcohol accidentally uploaded to youth/kids shirts. He says he received six rejections in one day because the word ’tequila’ was mistakenly in the bullet points for youth designs, and shows a recent wine design rejected because it was uploaded to kids/youth shirts. Other examples include a barbecue design where two keywords combined accidentally into the name of a barbecue restaurant, and a design deleted after Merch by Amazon changed its rule on profanity on shirts and he forgot to remove an old listing. He shows a Trump-related design as another rejected example and says he generally avoids politics/Trump designs even though he has one Trump design that sells well. He warns against trying to exploit Super Bowl or trademarked phrases, mentions a trademark watchdog group, and stresses learning what is and is not allowed, especially at lower tiers where many rejections would be much more damaging.

Key takeaways

• He reports 42 total rejections on his account, against what he says are 23,000 products sold at tier 14,000.
• His main rejection cause is alcohol content or alcohol keywords (e.g. ’tequila’ in bullet points) on youth/kids shirts, which got him six rejections in one day.
• Accidental keyword combinations can infringe a business/trademark name, as with his barbecue design — check individual keywords and combinations.
• Rule changes can make old listings violations; he had a listing deleted over profanity after the policy changed because he forgot to remove it.
• Learn the content/trademark rules before uploading, avoid designs around events like the Super Bowl and political figures he is unsure about, and do not chase quick uploads at lower tiers.

Episode details: published February 5, 2019 · 10:40 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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